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spot.Colorado.EDU>Please excuse the duplication of an earlier and more lengthy announcement about the National Association for Ethnic Studies' Call for Papers. This is just a REMINDER! CALL FOR PAPERS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ETHNIC STUDIES CONFERENCE March 8 - 12, 1995 Boulder, Colorado Theme - Ethnicity: Family and Community PROPOSALS AND ABSTRACTS DUE OCTOBER 1, 1994 For more information contact Dr. George H. Junne, Jr. Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race in America (CSERA) Campus Box 339 University of Colarado at Boulder Boulder, CO 80309-0339 (303)492-2507 FAX: (303)492-7799 email: junneMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
cs.columbia.edu>*********************** Call for Participation **************************** REPRESENTATION AND ACQUISITION OF LEXICAL KNOWLEDGE: POLYSEMY, AMBIGUITY, AND GENERATIVITY 1995 AAAAI Spring Symposium Series Stanford University, California March 27 - 29, 1995 Chair: Judith L. Klavans, Columbia University Committee: Branimir K. Boguraev, Apple Computer Lori S. Levin, Carnegie Mellon University James Pustejovsky, Brandeis University The lexicon is at the core of many NL, IR, and KR systems, and thus can play a central role in determining the success or failure of the endeavor. Nonetheless, points of sharp controversy have arisen concerning the most flexible and powerful way to represent the extensive variety of lexical information required to drive robust applications. We intend this symposium to provide a forum to discuss problematic issues of lexical representation, and ways to solve difficult and complex questions. Despite the fact that the need for a common lexicon has been a recent research focus, there is no general agreement on a lexical representation that is both complete enough for specification of even basic syntactic environments, and flexible enough to handle the productivity and underspecification that are required for representing lexical semantics. The focus of the symposium will be on ways to determine the optimal representation of lexical knowledge needed for flexible broad-coverage lexicons, as well on the acquisition of that knowledge. Relevant interest areas include: Natural language processing, Information Retrieval, Knowledge Representation, Cognitive Science, Psychology, Philosophy, and others. Those wishing to attend without presenting should submit a brief description of their research interests and opinions, and a list of relevant publications. The symposium will maintain a balance between theoretical and applications oriented papers. Authors should identify precisely how the paper is relevant to the topic, what specific problems are addressed, and a clear statement of what solutions are proposed. Well-grounded controversial positions are encouraged. A number of panels and invited talks are being planned to review where the field is moving in the future, keeping in mind a historical perspective on where we have been, where we have succeeded, and where we have failed. Authors should submit extended abstracts of up to 2000 words in 12-point font electronically by October 28, 1994, with a hard-copy backup to: Dr. Judith L. Klavans AAAI Symposium Chair Columbia University Department of Computer Science 500 W 120th Street New York, NY 10027, USA phone: 212-939-7120 fax: 914-478-1802 e-mail: klavansMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue